Snowboarding

Snowboarding was first introduced to the Winter Olympic program at Nagano in 1998, and has since become one of the most popular events with spectators.

Current Events for 2014

There are four disciplines in the Snowboarding category at the 2014 Winter Olympics. The new event of slopestyle was added for 2014.

Parallel Giant Slalom — like slalom skiing, riders complete on a downhill course and have to pass through a series of gates.

Snowboard Cross — A group of snowboarders race down a snow course.

Halfpipe — participants perform tricks for points on a half pipe structure made of snow.

Slopestyle —
in slopestyle, the aim is to perform the most difficult tricks while getting the highest amplitude off of jumps. The emphasis is to perform different types of tricks instead of doing one great trick repeatedly.

Trivia (History)

Snowboarding was first introduced to the Winter Olympic program at Nagano in 1998, with mens and womens events for halfpipe and giant slalom.